Course Contents

The aim of this course is to enable students to understand the role and importance of technology, innovation, invention, and entrepreneurship in economics. The course aims to examine Schumpeter’s perspectives on technical and technological change, as well as contemporary theories of innovation, in order to explain the relationship between innovation processes, firm behaviour, and economic development. It also seeks to help students analyze the historical experiences of leading industrialized countries over the last two centuries and technological developments in selected industrial sectors within a historical and theoretical framework.

None.

ourse Book:Freeman, C., & Soete, L. (1997). The Economics of Industrial Innovation (3rd ed.). Cassell, London.Freeman, C., & Soete, L. (2003). Yenilik İktisadı (Trans. Ergün Türkcan). TÜBİTAK, Ankara.Course Materials:Instructor’s lecture notes, in-class applications, and presentation materials will be used throughout the course.Recommended References:Betz, F. Managing Technological Innovation: Competitive Advantage from Change (3rd ed.). Wiley-Interscience.Betz, F. (2010). Teknolojik Yenilik Yönetimi. TÜBİTAK, Ankara

Academic integrity is essential in this course. Students are required to produce original, properly referenced, and ethically prepared work in all course-related tasks. Plagiarism, cheating, improper citation, and presenting someone else’s work as one’s own are considered academic violations. Artificial intelligence tools may be used only to the extent permitted by the instructor and only for supportive purposes. However, the content, accuracy, and academic responsibility of all submitted work remain entirely with the student.